China itself is the one abusing the global supply chain in its quest for hegemony. Effectively enforcing semiconductor rules is necessary for economic security.
For the sake of regional peace and stability, a regional security structure like AUKUS is urgently needed to counter China's hegemonic influences.
The Praemium Imperiale advisor talks about the role of art in helping us appreciate our common humanity as aggressive nations threaten to drive the world apart.
Under Xi Jinping in his 3rd term, we have entered a truly dangerous period in which the postwar peace that Japan has known may well be...
Put simply, the United States needs a Japan Self-Defense Force that can fight a war, and that can fight a war alongside, and inter-linked with, US...
The Chinese government claims that the Senkaku Islands — very much part of Japanese territory in Okinawa — are attached to Taiwan.
The significance of Japan-China talks lies in the candid exchange of opinions, even though it may be painful for the Chinese leaders to hear.
Autonomy in the Pacific Islands nation is at risk as Beijing makes inroads through leveraging the Solomons’ heavy debt and striking a new “security pact.”
Penny Wong has persuaded the Solomon Islands not to let China turn it into a military base, at least for now. That makes room for Japan’s...
The Japanese PM and British PM Boris Johnson agreed at his last stop that “security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is indivisible.”
“Russia’s invasion is not just a problem which concerns Europe. The international order encompassing the Indo-Pacific is at stake” ー PM Fumio Kishida.
Japan should be proud of its past. The truth is that when Japan did have a military, it used it for the noblest purpose of all...
